Francesca Romana Coluzzi was born in Tirana,
Albania on May 20, 1943 the daughter
of the Umbrian epidemiologist Alberto Coluzzi, and of Anna Wimmer, a German
educator from Passau , she was the sister of epidemiologist Mario Coluzzi
(Caio Mario Coluzzi Bartoccioni)
[1938-2012]. Coluzzi soon moved in Italy
with her family to Perugia.
As a teenager, during a student twist dancing contest, Federico Fellini noticed
her and offered her a role in 8½. Coluzzi declined the offer to continue
her studies, but however the encounter with Fellini marked her life, and she eventually
decided to leave the university to pursue a career in the cinema. She started
her career as a double, first for Mylène Demongeot in Fantômas and later
for Marisa Mell in Danger: Diabolik. In 1965, at 22, Coluzzi made her
acting debut in the Lucio Fulci's comedy film 002 Operazione Luna.
Her breakout role came in 1969, with the role of Asmara, the Adriano
Celentano's lover in Pietro Germi's Serafino. One year later she played
Tarsilla Tettamanzi in Alberto Lattuada's Come Have Coffee with Us, and
for this role she won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actress and
a Globo d'oro in the same category. In the following years Coluzzi was mainly
active in comedy films, especially in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre,
often playing roles of unbearable and jealous wives. In 1985 she founded in Rome a theater workshop
for children, Associazione Culturale Minestrone d'Arte. Coluzzi was also active
on television and as a voice dubber.
She died in Rome,
Italy on July
15, 2009 at the age of 66 from lung cancer.
COLUZZI, Francesca
Romana (aka Coluzzi) [5/20/1943, Tirana,
Albania - 7/15/2009, Rome, Lazio Italy (lung cancer)] – stuntwoman,
film actress, married to cinematographer, cameraman Claudio Tondi (1969-2009)
mother of Laila Tondi [197?- ], Sveva
Tondi [1977- ].
Sting of the West – 1972 (Betty Brown)
Karate, Fists and Beans – 1973 (‘Baby’ Morgan)
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